Dear Editor:
I am surprised to read some letter writers who supported the expansion of the Kinder Morgan and criticized Mayor Corrigan’s oppositions to this project.
I have always been a conservative on political issues, and a supporter of the ‘big’ corporations. However, on the issues of the oil and gas, I for the first time will have to agree with the First Nations and the environmentalists.
1) These natural resources are ‘non-renewal’ we therefore should not export them but conserve them for our future generations.
Extractions of these resources should be for the benefits of all Canadians (west to east) so we may enjoy ‘cheaper’ gas.
2) There are beautiful housings surrounding the ‘tank farms,’ Forest Grove, Forest Hill and Glenn Abbey residential areas. These are some of the best residential areas in Burnaby.
Any disasters will certainly endanger the lives and properties of the people living in those areas.
One of your readers said that Mayor Corrigan is losing millions of benefits by rejecting the project. In my estimates, those millions can hardly compensate the property owners along the pipelines and tank farms as their property will be devalued and have to live in constant worry of any incident/accident/nature disaster (earthquake).
Now Kinder Morgan is threatening Burnaby by proposing to drill a tunnel through the mountain which will disrupt and create more danger to this entire area.
I have never voted for Mayor Corrigan but I will certainly vote for him next time and in the future.
Mia Wong, Burnaby
